Permanent Midnight
| Permanent Midnight | |
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | David Veloz |
| Produced by | Jane Hamsher Don Murphy |
| Written by | Screenplay: David Veloz Novel: Jerry Stahl |
| Starring | Ben Stiller Maria Bello Elizabeth Hurley Owen Wilson Peter Greene Cheryl Ladd Janeane Garofalo |
| Music by | Daniel Licht |
| Distributed by | Artisan Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | September 16, 1998 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,166,199 (USA) |
Permanent Midnight is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by David Veloz starring Ben Stiller. The film is based on Jerry Stahl's autobiographical book of the same name, and tells the story of Stahl's rise from a small-time television writer to his success as a comedy writer making up to $5,000 a week writing for 1980s series like thirtysomething, Moonlighting, and ALF (changed in the film to Mr. Chompers). Maria Bello stars as Kitty, a fellow detox survivor to whom Stahl relates his rise and fall. The film also stars Owen Wilson as Stahl's friend and fellow addict, Nicky; Elizabeth Hurley as his wife, Sandra; and Janeane Garofalo as a Hollywood agent, Jana. The real Stahl makes a cameo appearance as a doctor at a methadone clinic.
Stiller's performance in the film was critically acclaimed, but the film failed at the box office and never saw widespread release[citation needed]. It has been released on DVD in the USA and the UK. A soundtrack CD was also released with most of the music heard in the film.
Rated R (For Pervasive Graphic Drug Use, Strong Sexuality and Language).
[edit] Cast
- Ben Stiller as Jerry Stahl
- Maria Bello as Kitty
- Elizabeth Hurley as Sandra
- Owen Wilson as Nicky
- Janeane Garofalo as Jana Farmer
- Fred Willard as Craig Ziffer
- Connie Nielsen as Dagmar
- Peter Greene as Gus
- Cheryl Ladd as Pamela Verlaine
- Sandra Oh as A Friend
- Jerry Stahl as Dr. Lazarus
- Andy Dick as 'Damian', A Talk Show Guest (Uncredited Role)
[edit] External links
- Permanent Midnight at the Internet Movie Database
- Permanent Midnight at AllRovi
- Permanent Midnight at Rotten Tomatoes
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